Liisa Galea

Dr. Liisa Galea is a senior scientist and the inaugural womenmind Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health, and she also leads the Women’s Health Research Cluster at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). 

Her PhD in neuroscience (Western University) was followed by postdoctoral training at the Rockefeller University. She was a distinguished university scholar, NSERC Discovery Accelerator Award holder (2x), a fellow at International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Mortyn Jones Prize, and the Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction award winner. She is the principal editor of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, the President of Organization for the Study of Sex Differences and co-Vice-President of Canadian Organisation for Sex and Gender Research. She serves on advisory boards, editorial boards, and peer review panels internationally and nationally. Dr. Galea is a tireless advocate for women’s health research and for sex and gender-based analyses to improve mental health for all.